Four southern California men charged in terror conspiracy

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption:  Anwar Awlaki Dead terrorist recruiter/cleric Anwar Awlaki still retains his charm. Four men, whose leader was apparently swayed by Awlaki’s words, have been charged with planning to join Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan to kill Americans and attack U.S. interests,…

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Home Depot employee charged in bomb extortion plot

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  access_control_identification A 50-year-old Long Island man was charged with trying to extort $2 million from home improvement retailer Home Depot using pipe bombs planted in a store in Huntington, NY. Daniel Sheehan has been charged with extortion and use of a destructive device in an…

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Man charged in theft of White House audio gear

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  federal_agencies_legislative Federal authorities have caught up with a man suspected of stealing a van that held White House audio equipment, after he bragged about the caper. Richmond, Virginia, resident Eric Brown, 48, was detained on Nov. 7 and charged with stealing a truck containing the…

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CBP officer charged in Texas alien smuggling scheme

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  border_security Image Caption:  Pharr Port of Entry A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, his girlfriend and an associate have been charged in Brownsville, TX, in an alleged bribery and alien smuggling operation along the U.S./Mexico border that prosecutors said operated between 2009 and 2011….

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